>> > > * Start installer, ignore message
>> > After the message, installer take no keys but enter...
>> Argh!!!! Get devious, then. Mark the usr partition as something else,
>> like swap or macos. When this is done, follow the instructions again
>> ;-) If you can successfully make a /usr, then reassign usr as usr and
>> try restarting the installer.
Arrrgh!!! SpotOn stinks! I can create partitions and initialize
them but I can *not* leave some free space in the disk not touched
or change partition type after initializing them or...
I must say, if your dealer tells me they're shipping SpotOn as the
disk formatter, you should refuse it. It's not worth paying $50
bucsk which I paid for...
>I'm sorry I haven't made a HOWTO for this.
At least I was warned in README :)
>As far as remember, these are the steps to making a system with both
>root and usr:
>1: Make both partitions with your favorite partitioner.
>2: MKFS both partitions.
>3: Go *back* into favorite partitioner and mark USR as some other partition
> type than UNIX_SVR2 or HFS, if you can. Try ProDOS, or plain DOS.
SpotOn can't do this...
> The trick to this is that the Installer needs a /dev/sd#g node and
> a /usr mount point to mount your USR partition, neither of which
> exists yet.
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>This is all from memory, since I can't bounce to MacOS in the middle of
>MacBSD, from which I connect. Please let me know if you encounter any
>problems with these instructions. I'm running with a 64M root and a
>750M /usr, so it must be possible, right?
Yes, with a descent disk formatter... :( I made one large partition
so there shouldn't be problems anymore...
Thanks for your help.
Ken
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